Egg holder



Y Feb. 24, 1948. E LU E 2,436,465

EGG HOLDER Fi led March 19, 1946 John J DeL ace Patented F eb. 24, 1948 EGG-HOLDER I l" De LucegMinneap'olia-Minn. I assurance March :19, 1946, Serial Massages sprains, (o1. 294*104) This invention relates-Hm an aegg ihelder and it is an objectot-the invention"triirrcw tle a; device of this character which can be emplcyedto "fade.

vantage BUIBIIlOVEQgBH, such as soft boiled eggs, out of utensils and wherein such egg is held in a manner to permittiie 'regdy brea king of the egg shell with a knife or other implement.

Another "object o'f the" invention is to provide a device of this kind for holdinganegg in a manner whereby atter-thecgg shell has been broken the egg'can'be readily removed from within the-shell for serving.

The invention consistssinrthefidetails -of iconstrii'dtion and the combine on and-arrangement of the several parts Iof .niy' elinproved eggholder whereby certain important advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of an egg holder constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of my inventionand in an open position;

Figure 2 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section Of a holder with the parts in closed position; and g Figure 3 is a sectional vview taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figured.

In an embodiment of the invention, as described in the accompanying drawings, my improved holder comprises two substantially double sections A, each of which comprises an elongated handle member I having its outer portion transversely enlarged and outwardly pressed to provide a convenient operating member or handle portion proper 2. A marginal portion of one of the operating members 2 is hingedly connected with an adjacent marginal portion of the second operating member through the medium of the circular links 4, each of which being freely disposed through properly positioned openings 5 provided in the marginal portions of the operating members 2.

The outer end of the handle member I is provided with an outwardly disposed and relatively short laterally disposed extension 6 which is welded or otherwise rigidly secured to a leaf 1 of an inwardly facing cup member 0. The cup member C is of desired dimensions and depths and divided to provide therearound a plurality of spaced leaves 1 possessing a certain degree of inherent resiliency and which have inner extremities connected by a central bottom or head member- 13. The leaves 1 of each of the cup members C are :so formed 'as=:to= Lap roximate the"curvature at an end pcrtionnofi an fieggzsothat "Wh11- i; 63 19 members 0, are 2111 319556; position they: may be. readily engagedzover ibhfl- QPDGfiitB endrportions of an egg to iacilitate the removalz f the ame from anykettle-torother utensil. +W11B1z1 the s ns c are separatedyasrshownini Bil e latheirc. a axes are substantially parallel. To remove egg from a vessel and to serve the same therebcrater: :gras the: handle portions 2 in one. and and brings :the device adjacent the Fess:

said-hand-thebperator win 1 the axis ot'their-conn'ec new so: a N mcve over the endsraf the l e gcunsiane moved together until the end portions of the egg are engaged, at which time the cups C are in substantially coaxial relation. The leaves 1 will diverge if necessary to grasp the egg. The egg can now be lifted from the vessel by the operator. The leaves 1 are also of such a length as to provide a space therebetween when engaged with an egg so that a knife or the like can be readily used for breaking through the central portion of the egg shell. After the egg has been severed the cups can be swung outwardly to open position with the egg sections therein and in a position to readily permit the removal of the egg from within the shell section through the medium of a spoon or the like.

Corresponding leaves 1 of the cup member C at their extremities are provided with laterally disposed knuckles which are pivotally connected one with the other whereby said cups C are maintained in desired spaced relation, yet capable of having desired swinging movement one toward the other in facing relation as illustrated in Figure 2.

I claim:

1. An egg server having in combination, a pair of elongated members having handle portions at one end adapted to be grasped together in one hand of the operator, a cup comprising circumferentially spaced diverging resilient leaves secured respectively to the other end of each of said members, said cups being hingedly connected and facing in the same direction when separated whereby said handle portions and cups may be swung to cause the open ends of said cups to approach each other to embrace the end portions of an egg and come into substantially coaxial relation, said egg being held by pressure on said handle portio 2. An egg server having in combination, a pair of cups each comprising circumferentially spaced diverging resilient leaves, a pair of elongated 3. An egg server having in combination, a pair of cups each comprising a central bottom portion and outwardly diverging *circ umferentialiy spaced leaves, a pair of elongated members, each pa ir of cups each 15 a diverging leaves, means of said members being secured atgoneof its ends to the end portion of one of said eaves of said cups respectively, said cups .beinfhingdiy connected by members secured adjacent the end portions of leaves disposed at substantially right angles to the leaves to which said members are connected, said members having handle portions at their other ends adapted to be grasped in one hand of the operator and manipulated to move the open ends orsaid cups toward each other to embrace the end portions of an egg whereby said egg can be held by pressure on said handle portions. i

4. An egg server having in combination, a pair of cups each-comprising a rigid bottom portion and a plurality of diverging circumferentially spaced resilient leaves, said leaves having concave inner sides and rounded edges, a hinge connecting the outer ends of adjacent leaves on said 35 1,607,766

4 cups, a pair of elongated members respectively secured to other or said leaves and extending substantially parallel to the axis 10: said hinge, said elongated members having handle portions at their other ends whereby said handle portions can be grasped in one hand of the operator and manipulated to swing said cups from a position with their central axes parallel to a substantially coaxial position with said cupsembracing the endportions ofan egg. i

5. The structure set forthin claim 4, said handle portions also being hingedly connected.

6. An egg server having in combination, a

comprising a central rigid portion and a. plurality of circumferentially spaced hingedly connecting adjacent leaves on said respective cups, elongated members secured to other leaves on said cups respectively, said members having handle portions at their other ends, and means hingedly connecting said handle portions about an axis substantially coincident with the axis of said first mentioned means.

JOHN J. DE LUCE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe file of this patent: v

UNITED STATES PATENTS McGarvey Nov. 23, 1926 

